you probably didn't think about this when you signed up.
you entered your card details, verified your phone number, maybe uploaded a government ID and took a selfie. friction. annoying. you moved on.
somewhere in cambodia or kenya, someone did the same thing. except they weren't signing up for claude. they were being paid — under $30 — to complete a verification step on behalf of someone they'll never meet, for a service they'll never use, in a supply chain they don't fully understand.
their face is now in a database they didn't choose. it will be used again. not for claude.
every time anthropic tightens access to protect its models, the evasion doesn't stop. it migrates.
